Cognitive function following traumatic brain injury: Effects of injury severity and recovery period in a parasagittal fluid-percussive injury model

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 915-925

  Sanders, Matthew J ^a,b   Dietrich, W Dalton ^b,c   Green, Edward J ^a,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cognition; Fluid percussion; Morris water maze; Recovery; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERCUSSION; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032716343     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.915     Document Type: Article

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